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Even thoughHerrKuhnigk isn’t worthy of a response to hischeap propaganda (lies movie),for thoseviewers who areinterested in the truth, we have this response.

All things in common

Life in thecommunities of theTwelve Tribesis the natural consequenceof our faith.For this reason,we look to theWord of God, the foundation of our belief, to guide us in regards to our finances. The Bookof Actsdescribes the life ofthe early church. There we canseehow thefirst ones who came to faithdealtwith the matters ofownershipand income; as described in Acts2:44:

“So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food; with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.” (Acts 2:41-47)

Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need. Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet. (Acts 4:32-36)

Theywere of one heartand one soul. Nobodyviewed their belongings as their personalpossessions, but rather as being shared in common. ‘And what money was there,wasdistributed so thatthere was noneedyamong them.‘ So theyvoluntarily refrained from owning their own possessions and rather practiced a community of goods, so no onehad to suffer the lack of anything. It isa way of lifein whichthere are neither rich nor poor in whicheveryone comes voluntarily and no onetakes advantage ofthe other.

InGermany today, however, only one type of community of goodsis recognizedand that isthe family. People can legitimately form a family, and view all of their income as one. That’s a good thing peoplecan do this.The stateeven givesthefamilytax benefits that single persons do not have.Since we also live togetherlike one big family, we havegiven much thoughtandlong soughta structure that we can work in the business structures of Germany and how we can organize ourselvesinaccordance with the existing taxlawsinGermany. The form we have today is due tointensive professional consultation (people well-versed in these areas).

Translation

“The Community in Klosterzimmern has a transparent and common structure for their entrepreneurial pursuits that reflect their faith. The operative businesses of the Community in Klosterzimmern are handled through these two companies: Unternehmen Baufach GKR GmbH and Co. KG sowie Naturalich Gemeinsam GmbH and Co. KG. In both businesses die Custos GmbH acts as a complementary company. According to the faith of the Community the operative entity, Unternehmen Baufach GKR GmbH and Co. KG as well as Naturalich Gemeinsam GmbH and Co. KG the people in the community are the same as those in the businesses.

“Above these entities is the GKR Gemeinschaftsverwaltungs-AG. This company is non-operational in business. More so it is responsible for the administration of the income and its distribution. ~ Lawyer E.”

Whoever has a little bit of knowledge in this areaknows thatcompanieslike ours,inwhich everyone is the owner and there areno employees, pay considerably more taxesthan conventional businesses withemployees. Therefore,whatsome people calla“confusing company structure,” is actually just an attempt to live according to the Bible and still fit into the norms and responsibilities of German society. Ifanyone knows abetter solution thanour currentapproach, hecan feel free tocontact us.We would be very happy to have help with this.

Fall aways…

Now in every group there are always some fall aways like CRand RP, who, like manybefore them,forunfounded reasons, try tomovebothourcompanyand the community intoa bad light because they are disgruntled.

Here is an excerptfrom the book, “The Wonderful World of Cults,” by Dr. disc. pol. GeraldWillms

Translation

“Therefore, the victims/crown witnesses/apostates are representative only with a view to the confirmation of the sect stereotypes – and it is not rarely to be noted with what an effort an experience is forced into the framework of these stereotypes sometimes. Thus, for instance, a social obligation then taken on within the community in hindsight is interpreted as “totalitarian coercion.“ Such a perception is one thing, but such an interpretation obviously is done in complete ignorance of the difference between a social obligation taken on by oneself and “totalitarian coercion.“ Such interpretations are particularly hair-raising when self-proclaimed “sect experts“ take such trains of thought further, e.g. comparing the innerscientologic facilities of rehabilitation with Stalinistic Gulags or the National Socialist concentration camps. Other people have been thrown in jail for this undoubtedly original way of relativizing history. But again: it’s not the subjective experiences that need to be questioned, but the partly hair-raisingly, naive notion that the personal fate could be made adequately understandable only with standards and terms of world political relevance.”*

One shouldinternalize this and begin to understandwhat‘s really going on.

Moonlighting and child laborarenowthe subject

And again Herr Kuhnigk is using the sameprimitivemarketingstrategyas in all hisfilms.

Moonlightingis a problem we are aware of in today’s society.When wehelpedour neighborsin the early80’sin France (bringing in hay), we always had our children with us.We would organize our children into groups that would walk in front of the tractor gathering the bales (rolling them together from multiple rows). By doing this, we minimized the use of the tractorand sincewe also had15 menthat loaded the bales onto the wagons, bringing in the haywent muchfaster than normal.This neighbor, a great horsefarmer, was delightedhow welleverything went, and especially that the childrenwere involved.With fondnesshetold of thedays whenall the familieswent togetherto the fields.This was such a great timefor him as well as us and our children – who had a lot of fun. Unfortunately this is now over because we wouldn’t stop helping him and it got to the point where he couldn’t accept our help any more.

After theiracademic classes, our children love to spend time with theirparentsand are happyto participatein community life. This cannot be compared to child labor.

The essenceof our faith, our motive to share everythingwith each other, is contradictory to any kind ofexploitation.And it isalso clear thatthis can only functionon the basisoffree willand mutual trust.For this reason,our community isnotorganized asa formal organization or as a legal person,association, etc. Wetrust each other.

Wetry to make this very clear to all those who are considering our life. Unfortunately, despite our earnest efforts and their own testimony, not everyonewho joinsour communityhas revelationabout these things.We can only takepeopleattheir word. Even though those who eventually become apostates seemingly believe everything we believe, andsay everything we say, they apparently never had, orat least no longer have,the samerevelation.Therefore itdid not gowell for them. Regrettably,they hadno share in thereward,butlearnedwhat all learn who do things without revelation(Proverb29:18). Without revelation you can’t be a son, but only a slave. Revelationor notis the difference betweenservantsor slavesand sons.The slavedoes not remainin the house, but the son endures forever(John8:35).

All of a sudden they complain thattheyget paidnothing. The funnything is thatno one getspaid anythingfrom the community,andthey knew it would be that why and why it would have to be that way (according to our beliefs).

Allproceedsweearngo intoa common fundfrom which theneeds of all arecovered.Whoeverhasno revelation about this will never be content with this wonderfulway of caring for other people. Therefore, inevitably, they will leave. Which is fine, but then to turn around and tell stories and slander the truth are only the actions of those who are offended.

The failure to behonest with yourselfandtake responsibilityfor your own actions leads to estrangement.

As already mentioned,the social scientistDr.disc. pol. GeraldWillmsdescribesthis phenomenonin his book, “The Wonderful World of Sects”:

“When someone is falling away from a “so-called cult”, the subjective experiences gained there are often pressed intothe pattern of thegeneralstereotypesof cults.For example, a social obligation of the Community is interpreted then in retrospect as a totalitarian force.”

Therefore,apostatesare not representative of faith communities, but only of thewidespread cult stereotypes.

The statement thatJ. K.was working on our construction sites at age fourteen, as he said in “Germany Undercover”is a lie, which is very easy to refute. We got his family a visa to come to the United States, where the whole family remainedfor 3 years. At 14,he was still inAmerica. We have the entry andexit stampsin our office.Also whatRobertsays aboutour sistercommunities,thatthey sendillegal workersonourconstruction sites, is false.The Spanish,the French, andthe American companieshaveworked on manyofourconstruction projectsas subcontractors… and we have worked for them as well — all perfectly legal.

It issimply amazing howpeople dobusinesswith lies.

In theWord of Goditisdeclared:

An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.(Proverbs 17:4)

*Willms adds this comment, too, after the above quote:

“The only thing that is really always comparable with the crown witnesses is their self-perception as (innocent) victims and their desire – which often goes along with that – to at least point out the (guilty) “offenders,“ or to expose the evil machinations of the “sect,“ to publicly ostracize or even deliver them over to punishment. But just as little as you should ask fresh divorcees what they generally think about marriage, you also shouldn’t ask “apostates“ about the community that they left during a quarrel or which simply kicked them out, not seldom even against their own will. And the people least to be asked are those who see themselves in the now terminated relationship as blameless victims and who utterly dismiss any share of responsibility for anything which may have transpired. Nonetheless, the existence of such victims is of primary importance for divorce lawyers on the one hand and for sect makers on the other hand.“